Bangladesh Opposition Leaders Arrested

Government Says Moves Are to Maintain Public Safety Amid Mass Protests

By

Syed Zain Al-Mahmood

Updated Jan. 7, 2014 11:44 a.m. ET

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Police in Bangladesh detained at least four senior opposition figures on Tuesday—adding to the dozens already behind bars— as the government continued to crack down on adversaries in the wake of a controversial weekend election.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's governing Awami League won more than three-quarters of the seats in the country's Parliament after the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its Islamist...